All content Archive | May 2018

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May 31st
- First Serpentine Pavilion outside the UK launches in Beijing
- Explore a design couple’s timber loft home inside a converted 17th-century granary in Italy
- This minimalist Japanese sake brewery conceals a zen secret garden
- Around the world: we tour the National Pavilions at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale
- Studio Job addresses the power of money in new Luxembourg installation
- The Mark Hotel’s artist-illustrated colouring book captures the essence of New York City
May 30th
- Herzog & de Meuron and Purcell transform Hong Kong prison into Tai Kwun cultural hub
- Gio Ponti’s cut-out cathedral in Taranto deserves a resurrection
- Architects explore how the built environment can build community in China at the Venice Architecture Biennale
- Changi Airport’s new complex puts transiting on a different plane
- Louis Vuitton launches its first men’s fragrance range, bottled by Marc Newson
- Meet the designers giving traditional European craft an unexpected contemporary edge
- Bruges Triennial 2018: floating pavilions and a concrete gateway to the afterlife
- Instagram hotlist: must-follow accounts of May 2018
- Tied House — Chicago, USA
- Do Ho Suh’s spatial explorations launch at Victoria Miro in Venice
May 29th
- The Singapore Pavilion explores space and creativity during Venice Architecture Biennale
- Viktor&Rolf celebrates its 25th anniversary in a new Rotterdam retrospective
- California’s forgotten roadside architecture makes for a wild West Coast drive
- Berlin nightlife, architecture and culture come into focus in a series of visual essays
- Local architects transform this French copperware factory into a culinary destination
- Hot wheels: this month’s outstanding saloons, supercars and SUVs
- Hank’s — Austin, USA
- Two new shows launch at the V-A-C Foundation in Venice
- Shaping light through photography and abstract art at Tate Modern
- WallpaperSTORE* opens pop-up flower shop inside Hay Copenhagen
May 28th
- Canada Pavilion reveals restoration during 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale
- Hotel Indigo – 1 Leicester Square — London, UK
May 27th
- Four Seasons Kuwait — Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Switzerland and Eduardo Souto de Moura win Golden Lions at Venice Architecture Biennale
May 26th
- Vatican Chapels steal the glory at the Venice Architecture Biennale
- Artful lodger: The Jacques Grange-designed Hotel Mamá opens in Palma
May 25th
- Chinese arts and ecology campus Valley XL launches in Venice
- A design insider’s guide to Venice bars and restaurants
- Graphic design studio LucienneRoberts+ reimagines the display system at the Royal Academy
- Tuscan winery Ornellaia collaborates with artist William Kentridge on limited edition labels and artworks
- Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019 co-curators revealed
- A furniture retail haven in New York nods to the architecture of Italian palazzos
- Roux at The Landau — London, UK
- Roberto Baciocchi’s sumptuous redesign of Mytheresa’s Munich flagship
May 24th
- Samsung brings picture-perfect beauty to the screen with The Frame TV
- The Source Hotel — Denver, USA
- Lisbon Architecture Triennale announces plans in Venice
- Step inside this minimalist and modern pop-up co-working space in Copenhagen
- Yasmine Eslami’s beachwear debut nods to the free spirit of the French Riviera
- Ferrari unveils a surprise one-off supercar, which nostalgically nods to 70s and 90s car design
- Venice Architecture Biennale’s new crop of national pavilions for 2018
May 23rd
- Studio Swine launches living and breathing scientific sculpture at Eden Project
- 12 designs awarded for British furniture innovation and excellence at Design Guild Mark
- Five Palm Jumeirah — Dubai, UAE
May 22nd
- Raise a glass to the new Roger Stirk Harbour + Partners-designed Macallan Distillery
- In memoriam: Robert Indiana (1928-2018)
- The Iran desert sets a poetic scene for Apparatus' designs
- Chicha Cafetin — New York, USA
- Rado reveals the winner of its Star Prize US 2018
- Muller Van Severen design a playful furniture installation for Browns East
- Architecture in LA: sandcastles, swimming pools, pavements and post-modernism
- Celebrating the late Bill Gold, the mind behind Hollywood’s finest film posters
- Editor’s pick: last chance to see the MET’s mesmerising array of ancient American gold
May 21st
- Muji explores the art of minimalism in Japanese rock garden installation in New York
- Houston celebrates the opening of Steven Holl’s Glassell School of Art
- Crossrail shifts seven million tonnes of earth to make London more connected
- To market, to market: the Irish Pavilion pitches up in Venice
- Venice Architecture Biennale 2018
- Hotel Paseo — Palm Desert, USA
- V&A pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale to explore the legacy of Robin Hood Gardens
- Philippe Starck on the future of superyacht design, Elon Musk, and ‘saving the sea’
- Comme des Garçons Aoyama presents a rare cache of vintage Cartier Tank designs
- The sculptural sublimity of Danish designer Cecilie Bahnsen
- Crime, corruption, and sin: the dark underbelly of Los Angeles in the 1920s-1950s
- Richard Woods casts a cartoon house into a skip in east London
- John Pawson’s ‘garden-like’ installation puts his photography in the frame
May 20th
- Artful lodger: Capella group opens an Ubud resort designed by Bill Bensley
May 19th
- Francis Kéré designs pavilion for Tippet Rise Art Center
- PAD Studio completes Portsmouth tennis pavilion
- Vicenza show salutes David Chipperfield Architects’ four studios
- Hôtel Monville — Montreal, Canada
May 18th
- Why Tom Dixon has a fresh perspective on New York
- A Memphis-inspired hotel suite in New York has its interiors up for sale
- Sion and Moore’s inaugural show of Nigel Shafran’s work books
- Look smart: a new era of tech-driven grooming is a click away
- Small and peppy, Volkswagen GTI Up keeps the spirit of driving alive
- Eastwind Hotel & Bar — Windham, USA
- Artist’s Palate: Joana Vasconcelos’ fruit cake
May 17th
- Norman Foster co-curates retrospective of Italian modernist master Osvaldo Borsani
- 3 calming campsites in Europe for mindful hikers and escape artists
- Beebe’s — New York, USA
- Vancouver exhibition celebrates mid-century architecture photographer Selwyn Pullan
- An urban architectural installation rises and reflects in New York
- BMW’s new video series, Bold Voices puts creative mavericks in the driving seat.
- Oliver Spencer and Wolfgang Buttress champion sustainability with an immersive floral installation
May 16th
- Meet the start-ups shaking up China’s automotive landscape
- Zaha Hadid Architects’ Morpheus hotel opens in Macau
- Discussing ‘Freespace’ with the curators of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018
- Hotel St. George — Helsinki, Finland
- Meet the winners of the 2018 RIBA London Awards
- Sustainability is at Clerkenwell Design Week’s creative core for 2018
- David Chipperfield takes stock with a monograph documenting 30 years of work
- Gensler designs a co-working space for the Stephen Lawrence Centre to empower young people and start-ups
May 15th
- 3 sustainable swimwear brands to make a dive for this summer
- Kafeteria — Copenhagen, Denmark
- Master & Dynamic’s new modular headphones can adapt to the whims of the wearer
- The 7 steps to sustainable cosmetics, from Stockholm’s new beauty sensation
- Cuban revolution: a new cuisine is hot on the heels of its Latin American counterparts
- Master & Dynamic’s new modular headphones can adapt to the whims of the wearer
May 14th
- Artful lodger: Botswana’s Mombo Camp is refurbished by design firm Artichoke
- Volvo XC40 is at the cutting edge of car design, remodeling the image of the compact SUV
- A minimalist concrete extension unfolds behind a heritage façade in Melbourne
- Solo show: architect Jake Moulson transforms a Dublin townhouse
- The Lodge Villaverde — Fagagna, Italy
- Meet the collective launching an all-female exhibition at New York Design Week
- Montreal’s newest architectural barber shop is a clean-cut ode to minimalism
May 13th
- In memoriam: Will Alsop (1947-2018)
- Next stop: introducing the tech-driven spas making medical makeovers desirable
May 12th
- Zwilling Flagship Store — Shanghai, China
- Artful lodger: The former Hotel Russell gets a makeover by Tara Bernerd
- Paramount House Hotel — Sydney, Australia
- Next stop: will autonomous driving take over our cities?
May 11th
- Light box: Marcio Kogan brings translucent clarity to São Paulo retail for Micasa
- Next stop: are smart homes making us stupid?
- London’s loveliest bakery, bistro and blow-dry bar gives new meaning to immersive beauty
- Doug Aitken dials in with the American engineer who made the first cell phone call
- Café Aalto by Mealdo — Seoul, South Korea
May 10th
- David Chipperfield opens up infinite possibilities with his extension for London’s Royal Academy of Arts
- Brutalist sculpture is the star act at this exhibition in Brussels
- Bread winners: beautiful bakeries for design (and cake) lovers
- Neri & Hu designs The Sukhothai hotel brand’s Shanghai outpost
- Loewe’s first portable speaker is a late Bluetooth bloomer – but it’s worth the wait
- Hamptons tastemaker Tiina Laakkonen talks Picky Nicky through her favourite things
- Hide — London, UK
- Into the woods: a Hampshire home by Alma-nac is the perfect retreat
May 9th
- Ristorante Torre — Milan, Italy
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro on the divine design of the MET’s ‘Heavenly Bodies’ exhibition
- MoMA spotlights France’s booming technology scene in New York
- A new gem show entices the cream of contemporary jewellers to Geneva
- RIBA celebrates the winners of the 2018 International Excellence Awards
- Theme announced for the inaugural 2019 Sharjah Architecture Triennale
May 8th
- Christie’s opens sale of the century with Rockefeller collection, offering Picasso to Monet
- Bjarke Ingels joins WeWork as chief architect
- ‘Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier’ celebrates the designer’s extraordinary cut and dash with the help of a few friends
- Montblanc’s commitment to international arts runs deep
- Caruso St John and Marcus Taylor discuss the British Pavilion at 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale
- Photographer John Myers’ portraits of 1970s Middle England suburbia
- Piada — Lyon, France
May 7th
- Vionnet and Marc Quinn collaborate on a sustainable fashion collection
- Patricia Urquiola, Space Copenhagen, CKR and Rie Azuma on hotel design
- Muscle suits, Bitcoin miners and artificial leaves descend on the V&A in a technology takeover
May 6th
- David Adjaye and leading architecture practices design flexible Cube Haus modular homes
- COS partners with Dia:Beacon on a large-scale Dorothea Rockburne installation
- Plum & Toro — Singapore, Singapore
May 5th
- Nomicos — Paris, France
May 4th
- Kew Gardens celebrates Donald Insall restoration of Temperate House
- New Road Hotel — London, UK
- Introducing the stealthily packaged Audi RS4 Avant
- Anchors away: Chanel sets sail for Cruise 2019 show
May 3rd
- Highlights from Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography 2018
- Loewe Craft Prize 2018 winner announced as Jennifer Lee
- Pauseteria — Prague, Czech Republic
- New York creatives recommend where to eat and drink during design week
- A David Chipperfield-designed New York residence hosts Radnor’s furniture launch
- David Bowie’s favourite pocket synth at 50: a space-age musical moment lives on
- Eastern fashion is moving in the right direction
- A derelict brutalist building becomes east London’s newest creative hub
May 2nd
- Tom Hingston talks 20 years of cover design and upping the ante on artist ‘merch’
- Ellen van Loon on her architectural ascent, OMA and Copenhagen’s harbourfront
- Legacy Records — New York, USA
- Miller Harris embraces the wild beauty movement in an urban foraging experience
- Pascale James’ fruit loops are golden delicious
- Bentley Continental GT looks to the marque’s heritage as its centenary approaches
May 1st
- Step inside the residents’ club at One Hundred East Fifty Third Street
- The Assemblage — New York, USA
- London Craft Week 2018: the Wallpaper* guide to the unmissable events